7/27/2023 0 Comments Clementine vs mandarin![]() Clementine x Orlando tangelo, Orlando, Fla. A connoisseur’s favorite, but a commercial flop. Size medium-large, shape variable rind deep orange, often bumpy, wrinkled, peels easily pulp orange, flavor excellent, but tart until fully mature fairly seedy late season. Owari satsuma x King mandarin, Riverside 1935. Name can refer to three varieties, often confused: 1) Murcott, a seedy, very sweet late-season tangor, originated Florida 1913, commercially important there 2) California Honey, (King tangor x Willowleaf), described 1943, but never officially released 3) Kinnow (marketed as Honey by Sunkist), King x Willowleaf, Riverside 1935, large, oblate, rind yellow-orange, peels poorly, good flavor, seedy, midseason. Despite Gold Nugget’s fine flavor, seedlessness and lateness, growers aren’t rushing to plant it because of its relatively pale, coarse rind and reputation for alternate bearing. Medium, oblate to round rind golden orange, moderately pebbly flesh orange, rich-flavored seedless mid to late season, holds well on tree. Wilking (Willowleaf x King tangor) x Kincy (King tangor x Dancy), Riverside 1999. The classic Christmas “tangerine,” once widely grown in Florida, now mostly replaced by Sunburst. Medium, oblate or necked rind dark orange-red, smooth, thin, peels easily pulp deep orange, with rich, spicy flavor fruit has distinctive rind oil aroma seedy early midseason, holds poorly. Old Florida variety, originated from a seedling planted in 1867. Most important mandarin in the Mediterranean imports from Spain to the U.S. Medium-small to medium rind deep orange to red-orange, smooth, glossy, peels easily flesh tender, flavor mild to rich, depending on variety and maturity Algerian seedy new varieties mostly seedless when not cross-pollinated early to early midseason. Algerian variety introduced to California 1914. A group name, embracing many varieties parentage mostly mandarin with some sweet orange may have originated in North Africa in late 19th century. However, mandarins mature earliest in the desert, later in the Central Valley and much later in coastal areas.Ĭlementine (Algerian). Early season generally means October to December, midseason January and February, and late season March to August. Since lineages are complicated, we’ve included each variety’s direct parentage (King tangor x Willowleaf, for example, means that fruit is a cross between a King tangor and a Willowleaf mandarin). (Keep away from the super-bitter pith, though.) Most people across Asia eat pomelo raw, either on its own or as part of a salad or dessert.Here are some of the most common or most important mandarin varieties. ![]() Their juice sacs are also heartier, i.e., less juicy, than grapefruits’, and lack the grapefruit’s bitterness. Most pomelos have the same volume of actual flesh as typical grapefruits (or slightly less), but thick layers of pith mean they’re usually substantially larger. Grapefruit’s subtle bitterness is a marvelous thing in cocktails, such as the classic Paloma. (The latter, sometimes called oroblanco, enjoys a rich tropical drink history but is hard to find these days.) A particular grapefruit’s bitterness, sweetness, or acidity doesn’t track reliably to color, so the only way to know for sure is to cut in. Caribbean-born hybrids of pomelos and sweet oranges, grapefruits have flesh ranging from ruby-red to pink to white. Grapefruits are the only major citrus Westerners eat that have a strong bitter taste in the flesh itself.
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